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2 posted on
03/08/2006 9:29:38 AM PST by
Denver Ditdat
(Melting solder since 1975)
To: Denver Ditdat
Interesting. I know the preceding generation Lexington went down at the Battle of the Coral Sea in May of '42. I didn't know they built a replacement for that vessel so quickly. Good going, Navy.
3 posted on
03/08/2006 9:34:56 AM PST by
chimera
To: Denver Ditdat
Ditto Denver Ditdat - thanks for posting this.
Spent a whole day touring the Lex - it's well worth the visit.
Also, if you're into aviation engines it's got some great displays in the hangar deck, some whole and some cut-away for viewing internals.
And a wide variety of aircraft on the flight deck.
4 posted on
03/08/2006 9:40:42 AM PST by
Psalm 73
("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
To: Denver Ditdat
My last mission in the Army was to fly a CH-47 out of Fort Hood to the Lex in the Gulf of Mexico. Returning one of the training aircraft that had sucked in a bird during training. Here's a pic of the approach taken from the cockpit with the aircraft on the hook beneath us.
6 posted on
03/08/2006 9:42:39 AM PST by
ladtx
("It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it." -- -- General Douglas MacArthur)
To: Denver Ditdat
Lady Lex has over 550,000 traps to her credit. She was used to train for carrier ops in the Gulf (if I remember correctly). Nice article.
9 posted on
03/08/2006 9:46:30 AM PST by
GW and Twins Pawpaw
(Sheepdog for Five [My grandkids are way more important than any lefty's feelings!])
To: Denver Ditdat
Got 40 or so traps on her. Not much flying time between the roundown and the CDPs...
13 posted on
03/08/2006 10:07:47 AM PST by
paddles
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